Theater and society

Scope and Contents

The Elinor Hughes Collection is a collection of materials relating to Ms. Hughes’s career as a theater and film critic. Much of the collection consists of bound volumes of her articles written for the Boston Herald, with some articles written for the Junior League News Bulletin and the Hollywood Reporter. The collection also contains the book “The American Burlesque,” which features five articles with illustrations on the American Theater in 1893.

Scope and Contents The Sigmund A. Lavine Boston Theatre Collection is a collection of materials generated by and relating to Boston Theatres of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Included in the collection are photographs of actors and productions, theatre programs and playbills from Boston area theatres, production materials such as scripts and journals, and newspaper and magazine clippings about people, places, and events in the Boston theatre community. The bulk of the material concerns the...

Overview "In 2017 Teatr Powszechny invited Oliver Frljić to direct an adaptation of Stanisław Wyspiański's 1899 play, Klątwa. The production was critical of The Polish Catholic Church and included several scenes that angered The conservative Polish government. The production became mired with daily protests, one of which culminated with a protestor attacking an audience member with a liquid corrosive. The conservative government maintains that Klątwa is an attack on Catholics and as of April 2019,...